propertyless

the right to possess, use, and dispose of something; ownership: property in land

something, as a piece of writing, in which copyright or other rights are held, specif., one acquired for production as a film

a thing or things owned; possessions collectively; esp., land or real estate owned

a specific piece of land or real estate

any trait or attribute proper to a thing or, formerly, to a person; characteristic quality; peculiarity; specif., any of the principal characteristics of a substance, esp. as determined by the senses or by its effect on another substance: the properties of a chemical compound

something regarded as being possessed by, or at the disposal of, a person or group of persons: common property

Logic a quality common to all members of a species or class

Theater, Film, TV any of the movable articles used as part of the setting or in a piece of stage business, except the costumes, backdrops, etc.

Origin of property

Middle English proprete ; from Old French proprieté ; from Classical Latin proprietas ; from proprius, one's own

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One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way as to turn those in the 99 percent against one another: small property owners against the propertyless, black against white, native-born against foreign-born, intellectuals and professionals against the uneducated and the unskilled. These groups have resented one another and warred against one another with such vehemence and violence as to obscure their common position as sharers of leftovers in a very wealthy country. Howard Zinn